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Cara vs CA, etal.

PO1 VIRGILIO FLORA CARA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS (Fourth Division), THE HONORABLE RAFAEL M. ALUNAN III, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION (Regional Appellate Board) PEOPLE'S LAW ENFORCEMENT BOARD, DISTRICT III, QUEZON CITY, AND TEODORO B. CHUA, respondents.

G.R. No. 127625 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal via certiorari from a decision of the Court of Appeals dismissing the petition for certiorari and mandamus instituted by petitioner seeking to set aside his dismissal from the police service and his reinstatement to the Philippine National Police with all the rights and privileges allowed by law.1 [Petition, Annex "A", Rollo, pp. 38-40.]

The facts are as follows:

On March 7, 1993, at around 6:30 in the morning, petitioner Cara and his companion, Abraham Rosagaran, went to a bakery store located at the intersection of Anonas Street and Kamias Road, Quezon City. He parked...